of a punitive nature‚ and there may be an opportunity to save this offender from the experience of the correctional system. The concept of restorative justice is not clearly defined; often referred to as a ‘movement‚’ and presented as an option to the mainstream of criminal justice. Rather than harsh punishment to the offender‚ restorative justice will attempt to establish a connection between the victim and the offenders (Sharpe‚ 1998). RJ attempts to repair the harm the offender caused the victim(s)
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goals as stated in the objectives of the assignment: to describe Transitions Theory and apply it on the selected Case Study. After reading the assigned readings and outside sources‚ here is my understanding and application of the mentioned theory. According to Meleis‚ Sawyer‚ Im‚ Messias‚ and Shumacher (2000) Transitions Theory is a theory that attempt to explain the exchanges that exist when people pass through changes‚ events and phases in any point in their lives that is somewhat connected to their
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Restorative Justice CJA/224 August 4‚ 2014 Gwendolyn Burrell Abstract This week’s assignment is a paper on the Restorative Justice Process. The instruction is to “review the RJ City case study regarding Ed and David Brooke‚ (http://www.rjcity.org/the-project/documents/Case%20Study% 2030-10-09.pdf). This report will give an explanation of the restorative justice process‚ identifying the crime‚ the effect the crime had that went beyond the harm it inflicted on the victim. In addition‚ a comparison
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Essay #3 In Plutarch’s classic literatures‚ Plutarch gives us his view of women and the roles they played back in his time. He illustrates how caring and encouraging‚ how determined‚ powerful and manipulative women can be. But this is only relative to the roles that women play in their personal and social life. The first example of how Cornelia is illustrated as a caring mother‚ the read says she take “upon herself all the care of the household and the education of her children.” Also‚ Plutarch
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BREAKING RULES: Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice Process THE EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES Save the Children UK is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance‚ the world’s leading independent children’s rights organisation‚ with members in 27 countries and operational programmes in more than 100 countries. Save the Children works with children and their communities to provide practical assistance and‚ by influencing policy and public opinion‚ bring about
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18.09.2012 What is enlightenment according to Kant? For hundreds of years questions such as what is enlightenment and how can we be enlightened were asked‚ and many different answers were given. Some tell that it is all about being educated‚ knowing few languages or being a great mathematician or a writer; others‚ on contrary‚ say that is not about academic education‚ but about education of our souls‚ that brings harmony
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "One man’s justice is another’s injustice." This statement quite adequately describes the relation between definitions of justice presented by Polemarchus and Thrasymachus in Book I of the Republic. Polemarchus initially asserts that justice is "to give to each what is owed" (Republic 331d)‚ a definition he picked up from Simonides. Then‚ through the unrelenting questioning of Socrates‚ Polemarchus’ definition evolves into "doing good to friends and harm to enemies"
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The Juvenile Criminal Justice System and Adult court system have many simalities and differences. While the Juvenile Justice system is more concerned with rehabilitation of the Juvenile so he wont contine with more crime when he become an adult ‚ the adult court sytem is looking look to punish the adults with more harsh time‚ and consequences. They share similarlites such as procedural safeguards to protect their rights and also they both have the right to councel to help defend they self. Even though
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threat to Justice everywhere In the name of ALLAH the most gracious the most merciful‚ the Omnipresent and Omnipotent. Mr. President sir‚ honourable chief guest‚ worthy opponents and future scholars. "O believers! Be firm in justice as witnesses for God‚ even in cases against yourselves‚ your parents or your kin" “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." These powerful words were said by one of American best known advocate of equal rights - Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. According to him
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and Aristotle both have contrasting views of the concept of justice which serves to influence their notions of an ideal constitution. The abstract‚ speculative ideas of Socrates will be compared and contrasted with the practical‚ sensory ones of Aristotle in matters concerning justice and politics. Both Aristotle and Socrates disagree with regards to the definition of justice and what qualities are attributed to a just person. According to Aristotle‚ a just person must follow the law and refrain
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